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The training provides a good understanding of the basics of Red Hat® Ansible®. Students can start writing their own automation playbooks during client engagements.
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IBM® ESCC
Red Hat® Ansible® Introduction Hands-on Training online |
This introductory workshop gives an overview of the basic concepts and key functions of Red Hat Ansible. Students learn about the tool’s characteristics, history, IBM strategy and prerequisites for getting started. Students further have the opportunity to practice these base functions with guided hands-on exercises in a lab environment. Then, students learn about more advanced Ansible functions, including different deployment options, (re-)using external content, and best practices.
After completing the training students have a good understanding of the Ansible fundamentals and are able to start writing their own automation playbooks during client engagements.
- Introduction: motivation, characteristics, history and strategy, use cases
- First example: Ansible vs. Bash
- Basic concepts: skills, requirements, getting started, terminology, more examples
- Hands-on session 1
- Basic functions: variables, conditionals, loops, includes, roles
- Further concepts: deployment options, more on inventory, external content
- Debugging and best practices: naming, debug messages, asserts, verbosity
- Hands-on session 2
- Optional: cloud use cases
Technical System Engineers, Lab Services Consultants, Technical Sales
Basic Linux® system administration skills required (Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) preferred)
Laptop or workstation running Windows®, macOS®, or Linux
Internet access
Advanced
English
Three days (four hours a day)
Remote interactive with hands-on lab
Six to eight
Tuition fees apply
IBM Storage Systems Competency Business Partners at Specialist or Expert level can reinvest their granted IBM Business Development Fund - Enablement (BDF-E) earnings in this specific IBM Systems ESCC Technical Training Workshop.
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24 May 2022
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